Gout And The Paleo Diet

Is the Paleo diet responsible for my gout or is the fructose guilty?

Yesterday I woke up with a throbbing big toe joint, it was itchy, red and unbearable. I automatically thought it must be the start of a bunion but after researching it online it appears that I have gout. Gout, a type of arthritis, is an autoimmune disorder that causes intense pain and tenderness in the joints. Attacks are usually sudden and severe. Most gout attacks occur in the joint at the base of the big toe. I can only put this down to my nearly two weeks, of stuffing my face, with processed foods – It can only be that nothing else has changed in my life just the change of food. This is so obvious to me that I am even more determined to share my life experiences and nourish and repair recipes.

Meat gets a bad reputation with gout and the paleo diet also gets bad mouthed, but I truly believe that it’s the fructose that has triggered this flare up. Look at the evidence – after months of eating paleo and feeling so much better with no gout and then nearly two weeks of eating processed junk food with a gout flare up – its not hard to see what the real culprit is!

Science has now shown us, beyond any shadow of a doubt, that sugar in your food, in all its myriad of forms, is taking a devastating toll on your health. High fructose intake was linked to gout in a Choi-led study published in 2008. Uric acid is one of the products of fructose metabolism, and there’s good evidence from controlled feeding studies that fructose increases uric acid levels in the blood. Much of the fructose in today’s American diet comes from the high-fructose corn syrup (which is about half fructose and half glucose) that’s used to sweeten soft drinks.

Increased uric acid also leads to chronic, low-level inflammation, which has far-reaching consequences for your health. For example, chronically inflamed blood vessels lead to heart attacks and strokes; also, a good deal of evidence exists that some cancers are caused by chronic inflammation.

What now?

I have now cut out the processed foods and am hoping that the gout will very soon reverse. I will be also treating my gout naturally with:

Apple cider vinegar (1-2 tablespoons with a small glass of water).

Beetroot juice.

Bromelain.

Cherries.

No alcohol.

No sugar or fizzy drinks.

Up my vitamin C.

Reduce my caffeine intake.

Hydrating with water.

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I’m Myra the founder and writer of fibroenergy.com This is where you’ll find me cooking dishes and blogging about all kinds of things that focus on nurturing and increasing energy. I am committed to eating the healthiest foods on the planet! I love making meals that promote optimal brain health, improve mood and increase energy.

Great post, information and resources! I also have severe fibromyalgia, autoimmune hypothyroidism and a laundry list of additional health issues...I too have found that the Paleo lifestyle, and, specifically the…

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